... don't be afraid to screw up !... one of the key issues to learning is making mistakes ... if you're not making mistakes, you're probably not havi…

- Robben Ford

...I think of improvising as composing - fo me it's all about playing melodies. When I improvise, there's not a lot of real thinking going on, per se…

- Robben Ford

I do believe it's possible to play a lot without overplaying. It's when a musician becomes too self-centred that it becomes problematic. You need to …

- Robben Ford

I don't find a lot of people actually saying things through music any longer. They are not trying to say anything with their music, they just want to…

- Robben Ford

I think a lot of the more successful artists of our time basically have barracudas for managers

- Robben Ford

The most important thing is that you make sure you follow the music, which is a musician's way of saying follow your heart. The two things are intert…

- Robben Ford